Germans lead as US flop in World Team Cup

By Eurosport

21/05/2012 at 04:43Updated 21/05/2012 at 17:14

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Defending champions Germany lead Russia 1-0 in the Blue Group of the World Team Cup in Rome after Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-0 6-2 in Dusseldorf, while the US were beaten by Argentina.

World number four Kohlschreiber needed less than an hour to break serve six times against the Russian, only dropping eight points on serve.

"I didn’t play well. He played better than I did," conceded Roddick. "I don’t think you expect to come out after a lay-off and play great. One of the best things about this event for me is that you get matches guaranteed. So I’ll go back to practise and do it again in a couple of days."